The Charities of Puerto Rico Meet the Blockchain Community #RestartWeek

Today in Old San Juan, #RestartWeek continued with “A Day of Listening,” hosted by Timothy Lewis, Salim Ismail, Matt McKibbin, Gerardo Trevino, and Brock Pierce. During the session, charitable organizations were given the opportunity to share the stories of their service to Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico may use decentralization to improve efficiency and reduce corruption. Ponce is aiming to be the test city for these initiatives #RestartWeek #BlockchainBeach pic.twitter.com/9Y7ie7lMSv

— Blockchain Beach (@blocchainbeach) March 16, 2018

“I want to use the Blockchain so that if you donate, you know exactly where your money is going, down to the cent.” #RestartWeek #BlockchainBeach pic.twitter.com/VzSheEFlUC

— Blockchain Beach (@blocchainbeach) March 16, 2018

“Schools aren’t the priority now… Books are from the 1970s and full of mold. Schools do not have the internet… Food is not nutritious and causing pediatric diabetes… Join us, help us rehabilitate all the schools in Puerto Rico.“ https://t.co/C95y4SZRWj #RestartWeek pic.twitter.com/jXfEXV0BgD

— Blockchain Beach (@blocchainbeach) March 16, 2018

“May 6-10th (2018) come help us and help others help themselves.”https://t.co/Poyj7BzKwp#RestartWeek #BlockchainBeach pic.twitter.com/gmTOoZ2lj4

— Blockchain Beach (@blocchainbeach) March 16, 2018

“I am donating a pallet of organic food that can make 20K meals… 35 pallets of level 1 cleaner (masks necessary for use) to take the mold away… 35,000 lbs of frozen salmon, we’ll come up to the schools and feed everyone hot meals from our solar mobile kitchens!” #RestartWeek pic.twitter.com/SUDjDf1d7W

— Blockchain Beach (@blocchainbeach) March 16, 2018

“Governments here don’t trust each other, why should we trust them? I don’t ask permission, I make change. Anyone who shows they are delivering to the people, I will work with. Hurricane Maria exposed the corruption here.” https://t.co/P30gbiqqo1#RestartWeek #BlockchainBeach pic.twitter.com/02Fhknn4oT

— Blockchain Beach (@blocchainbeach) March 16, 2018

“He who acquires (and retains) the customers rules. To honor that I’m starting Viviendo Puertorriqueno. Do you need investors, families, etc to come here, they need information. We’ll be covering the stories that aren’t “the power is still down.” #RestartWeek #BlockchainBeach pic.twitter.com/if9z8jJLzr

— Blockchain Beach (@blocchainbeach) March 16, 2018

“We have 5 million lbs of goods (food, water, tarps, roofing equipment, etc) that we are distributing… We will be helping people restart their business or start a new one. https://t.co/RAVn0HKW6o”#RestartWeek #BlockchainBeach pic.twitter.com/nR24JizlMM

— Blockchain Beach (@blocchainbeach) March 16, 2018